Huber on a roll at Hoop Classic

Called up to the varsity on Thursday night to replace injured guard Dustin Martin, the sophomore Huber lit up the Middletown Mustangs to the tune of 25 points, including seven 3-pointers, in a first-round varsity game at the 19th annual Record-Bee Hoop Classic in Lower Lake.

Kelseyville made good on a dozen 3-pointers in all but still couldn't overtake Middletown, which emerged with a 59-48 win.

"He was like a machine gun," Middletown coach G.J. Rockwell said of Huber's hot hand from the field.

Huber made his varsity debut for the Knights during last weekend's Colusa Tournament. Thursday was his Hoop Classic varsity debut.

The Hoop Classic single-game varsity record for 3-pointers is nine by Vince Alderman of Lower Lake (2002) and Dustin Thaxton of Kelseyville (2010).

Middletown, the defending Hoop Classic champion, had just a single 3-pointer but still nailed down the victory behind 19 points from Blaine Amos and another 18 from Tyler Rockwell.

And the winners are ...

The winners in Friday night's free-throw and 3-point contests were Andrew Vonwal of Kelseyville (free throws) and Jared Strate of Clear Lake (3-pointers) in the JV division, and Adrian Perez of Clear Lake (free throws) and Charlie Marquez of Clear Lake (3-pointers) in the varsity division.

Marquez set the tournament record by hitting 22 treys in 60 seconds.

Winners received trophies.

Ahead of last year

With its 74-65 victory over Clear Lake in a first-round game, Lower Lake's varsity already has more wins this season - with 16 games still remaining - than it did last season (3-21). The Trojans took a 4-6 record into Friday night's game against Middletown.

Spirit award

The top cheerleading squad will be honored with the spirit award tonight during the post-tournament awards ceremony. All of the tournament trophies are on display in Lower Lake's trophy case near the main entrance to the gym.